The DecisiveDesign Blog

It’s been tough to organize shoots as of late, with school, work, and some freelance stuff breathing down my neck, but I did manage to get out and accomplish one of the shoots i’ve been wanting to do since I stumbled across the location a few months ago.  If you recall, I found this beautiful old car pretty deep in a local park. It struck me, and from that moment I wanted to do do a shoot with a classy model in that unconventional environment.

I was fortunate enough to work with a great model. Melissa was communicative, punctual, fun to be around, and of course beautiful. We also brought out a new friend of mine, and makeup artist, Alison, to add a little extra beautification, which turned out fantastic. Alison’s husband, John, helped me out with the reflector since Mr. Hawes couldn’t make it out, so it was practically a full on production!

As you’ll see in the gallery below, the place has grown up quite a bit, so we actually had a hard time finding it again.  That was fine by me, however, because we didn’t have to worry about anyone bothering us! It was a very fun shoot; hopefully we can get together with everyone in the future and do something else – something even crazier!

 

• Yeah – you’re going to need that reflector… the big one… and pray for sunlight through those trees.
• Also… if you haven’t visited the location in a month or so… its probably grown up a bit, especially if the seasons have changed!
• You know better than this, but add at least 3 different outfits if shooting in similar locations to diversify the shoot – otherwise you’ve got a lot of images with the same clothing and you don’t really want to use more than a couple in a portfolio or profile, unfortunately